The main points in chapter 86 of life of pi are:
- Pi's first glimpse of a ship sends him into an ecstatic daydream about his family in Canada, as he daydreams of the future.
- The moment he realizes that the ship is a tanker, he barely has time to get out of the way of it before he is crumbled under it. Once he realizes the vessel is a tanker, he becomes too large to see in the water.
- As the ship passes silently by and almost runs over Pi, it is at this point that Pi yells and tries to fire off a flare. However, the ship passes by silently, almost passing over him as the ship passes by.
- In the end, Pi tells Richard Parker that he loves him. He promises to do everything in his power to find the land that he has been looking for.
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